Louis neuberger



(No Model.)

' L. NEUBERGER.

CLASP POR ARMLETS, BANDS, &c.

Patented Apr. 2, 1895.

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i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS NEUBERGER, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE CONNECTICUT WEB COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CLASP FOR ARMLETS, BANDS, 80C.

[SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,965, dated April 2, 1895.

' Application tiled January 23, 1895. Serial No. 536,439. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS NEUBEEGEE, a

I citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps for Armlets, Bands, duc.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to produce a novel clasp for joining the ends of armlets, bands, the., the special object being to produce a clasp which will be simple and inexpensive illustrating the manner in which it is blanked out and formed.

1 denotes an armlet or band which may or may not be elastic as required; 2, the usual clamp by which the ends of the armlet or band are secured together, and A my novel clasp. This clasp is blanked out from sheet metal and is formed with teeth or serrations 3 at opposite edges, Fig. 4 illustrating the form in which it is blanked out. A second operation, illustrated in Fig. 5, bends the teeth or serrations substantially at right angles to the body of the clasp and imparts to the body more or less curvature. A third operation, illustrated in Fig. 6, shapes the clasp ready to receive theV ends of the armlet or band which are already secured together by the clamp, and a fourth operation presses the clasp closely about the joint the ends of the clasp meeting and the teeth or serrations being forced into the material of the armlet or band as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

It will of course be understood that the operations of forming the clasp are not of the essence of Iny invention. They are ordinary simple operations and may be performed by suitable dies in any of the ordinary presses used for sheet metal Working.

The operation will be clearly understood from what has already been said. The ends of the armlet or band are laid together lapping past each other and are securely fastened together by clamp 2. The clamped ends ofthe armlet or band are then laid Within the clasp and the latter is closed about it forcing the teeth or serrations into the material of the armlet or band. It Will thus be seen that my' novel clasp forms an additional means of securing the ends ofthe armlet or band together so as to remove much ofthe strain from the clamp, that the joint and clamp are Wholly concealed, that a neat and attractive joinder is made and that smooth edges are left at the ends of the clasp as the teeth or serrations are firmly embedded in the material of the armlet or band.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The combination with a band, and a clamp by which its ends are secured together, of a clasp blanked out from sheet metal and having at opposite edgesteeth bent substantially at right angles to the body of the clasp, said clasp being curved longitudinally so as to inciose the ends of the band and the clamp by which they are secured together, the ends of the clasp lying in contact with each other and the teeth being forced into the material of the band so that the ends of theband and the clamp by which they are secured together are wholly concealed, the edges of the clasp are left smooth and the ends of the band are additionally secured together by the teeth upon the clasp.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS NEUBERGER.

Witnesses A. M. WoosrER, S. V. RICHARDSON. 

